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Flash: Allies Land in North Africa! Gary Grigsby’s War in the West: Operation Torch is releasing today!

Epsom, UK – October 08, 2015.

Almost one year ago, Gary Grigsby’s War in the West amazed fans of detailed wargames and critics alike. This massive strategy game dedicated to the Western Front of WW2 is a ‘thoughtfully designed wargame that will give you an enriched experience at the operational level’ (94% – Armchair General) and a ‘really deep and satisfying game to enjoy’ (Grogheads). But even though the scope of the original game was impressive, developer 2by3 Games wanted to cover this part of the war more extensively.

Today they are back with the release of a new expansion called Operation Torch. This introduces a set of new scenarios covering the African and Western European operations between late 1942 and 1945.

On top of that the expansion benefits from an enhanced version of the engine that brings the air war to a higher level with improved navigation panels and scenarios specifically designed for this aspect of the war. Players who like action in multiplayer have now the chance to join bigger games including 3 or 4 players and also play as co-operative air and ground commanders with another human player against the AI! The game features 10 historical and what-if operations:

The 4th Supreme Command (3 July 1943 – 4 Aug 1945 – 109 turns) is a hypothetical Grand Campaign that assumes Hitler had been assassinated in March 1943, and that the Axis armies were in a better situation in the summer of 1943.

And this Saturday, on October 10th, 20.00 (CEST), we are going to give players a look at the game on the official Twitch channel of the Slitherine Group!

As part of the release, War in the West is also getting a major free update, with dozens of new features, fixes and data and scenario tweaks.